NATIONWIDE
Herman’s powerful partnership
Brendan Steele finished sixth on the 2010 money list.
Lucas Glover competed well
on the Nationwide Tour before moving to the PGA TOUR.
There is enough pressure in golf, but Jim Herman had a little extra heaped on him this past season on the Nationwide Tour. That extra pressure had to do with being backed by Donald Trump, one of the richest men in the world. Trump admits that he has never backed an aspiring pro golfer before, but he had a hunch Herman would eventually make his mark. “I’m very proud of Jim because it’s not easy to get out on the
PGA TOUR and he did it by playing outstanding golf this season,” said Trump, who first got to know Herman when he was an assistant pro in 2006 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. It was back then when Trump, who has a low handicap himself,
25 different winners show the Tour’s depth To show the parity that’s on the Nationwide Tour, there were
25 different winners this past season, with Kirk, Hunter Haas and Tommy Gainey the only players who had multiple victories. Another of the 20-something players to win on Tour was
Brendan Steele, 27, who won the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship to earn his PGA TOUR card for 2011. He will be a PGA TOUR rookie in 2011. “The Nationwide Tour is amazing, and if you can win out there,
you have shown you can play with the big boys,” Steele said. “I’ve seen so many guys go to the PGA TOUR and win there. I feel that the win that I picked up is something I can draw on a lot when I’m out there.” Chappell said that building momentum from this past season on
the Nationwide Tour is something he can hopefully carry over. “I’ve played in seven PGA TOUR events, and I know it’s a lot
busier out there and a lot more going on with more distractions,” Chappell said about his new job in 2011. “I’m going to try and limit those distractions and focus on the golf part of it.” Another player to watch in 2011 is Colt Knost, who won the
2007 U.S. Amateur and U.S. Public Links Championship. He had a great late-season finish to move into the top 25 on the money list and will be back on the PGA TOUR for the second time. “It’s great to be going back,” he said. “I feel like I’m a lot more
prepared this time around. My goal was to go back to the PGA TOUR. I’m going and I’m excited.” ■
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played a few rounds with Herman. Herman, who won the Moonah Classic after opening with a 62, won in a playoff to get his year started and then closed his season with a gutsy tie for seventh at the Nationwide Tour Championship. He was literally on the bubble of getting into the top 25 to secure his PGA TOUR card, and that last weekend, he did well enough to finish 19th on the money list. Herman’s strength is his driving, where he was ninth on the
TOUR in Total Driving and ranked 15th in Driving Distance. He was one of the many big hitters who excelled this past season on the Nationwide Tour. However, his putting will likely have to improve if he wants to make his mark on the PGA TOUR. This past season he ranked 108th on the greens, which was the lowest among the 25 who graduated. His only tournament on the PGA TOUR came last June when he qualified for the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and tied for 47th. He wound up second in Driving that week, trailing only Dustin Johnson. When Herman won in his 56th career start on Tour it was a big
step in the process of his getting to the PGA TOUR. “This just validates what I’ve been doing the last 12 years since
college,” Herman said after his victory. “Knowing that I can do it and competing at this level, it’s just a big confidence builder.” It took Herman some time to get his footing on the Nationwide
Tour, but he moved up the ladder on the money list in each of the last three seasons. After his victory in February he missed four straight cuts, then had to right the ship again and get his focus back. He was able to do that, but it wasn’t easy. In his final seven tournaments, he missed four cuts but tied for 29th twice and then had the tie for seventh at the Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island. After Herman’s victory Trump couldn’t resist when asked if
Herman had arrived in pro golf. “He’s no longer an apprentice,” Trump said with a laugh.
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